Thanks, Guys, for Giving Us Menopause

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Well, thanks to guys' preference for hot young things, we'll all be having hot flashes and popping estrogen like candy in a couple decades. Awesome.

Because, according to research done at McMaster's University, men's preference for younger mates has, evolutionarily speaking, caused menopause. Scientists used to think that menopause happened to prevent older ladies from reproducing, but after this new study, it seems that menopause came about to protect fertility in younger women, who are more likely to reproduce. Because that's who guys want to bone.

"This theory says if women were reproducing all along, and there were no preference against older women, women would be reproducing like men are for their whole lives," explains Rama Singh, one of the study's authors.

So…basically, men are responsible for our biological clocks?! Thanks a freaking lot, guys.